Tuesday 4 ~ Roses

 Roses

Here is another of Tuesday 4 invented by Toni Taddeo and kept alive in her memory. While June is the month of roses, they do bloom all summer long and well past September in many places.

1. What is your favorite color of roses? Do you have a favorite kind of rose?

My favorite rose is this "Don Juan Rose" that we planted in memory of our son Matthew.  We originally planted it in our Memorial Garden at our former house, and then when we moved here to this house we brought it with us. It did great the first few years here, but sadly now has stopped blooming and growing. It is still alive, but I think I need to try and transplant it to a spot that gets more sunshine and see if that helps.  But here is one of its blossoms back when it was still blooming:

HERE's the Link to that story of that rose.

2. Do you ever buy flowers for your home?

I rarely ever buy cut flowers. I prefer either flowers grown in a garden (if I could grow them!), or wildflowers from the fields and woods.  I do not like "hot-house" roses that you buy at the grocery story or florist. They do not smell like a real fresh rose should smell.

3. Are there any roses in your yard or neighborhood? If not what kind of things grow around you?

Here's a link to our current Memorial Garden, and how it looked when the rose bush was still blooming.    

Right now things have been too dry recently for many flowers to grow and bloom.  We are now starting back into our rainy season, and so things should start looking better again. However, I do not have a green thumb, and gardening is not my forte'.  Plus I can't get out in this heat and do any weeding right now, so things are looking pretty sad.

And here's another link to my butterfly garden, when things looked better.

4. What do you see when you look out your front door? How about out your kitchen window or back door?

Here's how it looks out my back door right now:

Still Waters Pond, "Butterfly Garden" (above) and Secret/Memorial Garden below:

And here is how it looks out my front door:

That is "Magnolia Cottage" hiding behind that magnolia tree across the street.  This is what I would see from my kitchen window if I were to open the blinds, but I don't open them because the sun gets too bright on this side of the house for most of the morning hours, and also I don't like looking at the street and people looking back inside at me! LOL.

These are my 3 large kitchen windows from inside my kitchen.  Since I don't like the view outside, I enjoy the view inside.  

Okay, that's it for this morning's Tuesday 4.  I hope you enjoyed looking out my "open windows" today.  And may we always take time to smell the roses...especially the ones we can grow in our own gardens.  Praying mine will come back and start blooming again.

Psalm 16:5-8

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;

You maintain my lot.

6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;

Yes, I have a good inheritance.

7 I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;

My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

8 I have set the Lord always before me;

Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.